1981
Village Voice · Manhattan
Became famous
Draft. The ad text below is a paraphrase from documented sources. A curator will replace it with the verbatim wording once we've checked an archive scan. The outcome and citation are otherwise accurate.
classified · as printed
Composer seeks guitarists for orchestral ensemble. Reading skills helpful but not essential. Hard work, no money. — G. Branca.
What happened next
Lee Ranaldo answered the ad and joined Branca's guitar ensemble. Through that scene he met Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, who were forming Sonic Youth across town. Three decades, fifteen studio albums, and a body of work that quietly rewired American underground rock followed.
Source
Village Voice classifieds, 1981. Per David Browne's 'Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth' (2008) and Lee Ranaldo interviews.
Further
cite this ad
“Composer seeks guitarists for orchestral ensemble. Reading skills helpful but not essential. Hard work, no money. — G.…” — Village Voice, 1981. Musolist museum, /museum/nyc-no-wave/glenn-branca-ensemble-1981.